Offer Definition

ôfər, ŏfər

offered, offering, offers

verb

offered, offering, offers

To present for approval or acceptance; proffer; tender.

To offer one's services.

Webster's New World

To present to God or a god in an act of worship.

To offer prayers, offer up sacrifices.

Webster's New World

To present for consideration; suggest; propose.

To offer a plan.

Webster's New World

To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement.

Offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.

American Heritage

To make an attempt (at)

Webster's New World

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noun

offers

The act of offering.

Webster's New World

Something offered; presentation, proposal, suggestion, bid, etc.

Webster's New World

A proposal supported by adequate consideration, the full and complete acceptance of which constitutes a contract.

Webster's New World

The condition of being offered, especially for sale.

Thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.

American Heritage

The act of presenting something, such as a bargain, with the understanding that should the other party agree, that bargain will be complete.

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Other Word Forms of Offer

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offer

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From Middle English offren, offrien, from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation"), from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before", literally “to bring to"), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry"), from Proto-Indo-European *bÊ°er-, *bÊ°rÄ“- (“to carry, bear"), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer"). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer"), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer"), German opfern (“to offer"), Old Norse offra (“to offer"). More at ob-, bear. Displaced Old English ābÄ“odan from ā- + bÄ“odan (“to command, decree, summon").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English offer, from Old French offre (“offer"), from offrir (“to offer"), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before"). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee"), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice"), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice"), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice"), Icelandic offr (“offering"). See verb below.

From Wiktionary
Middle English offren from Old English offrian to present in worship and from Old French offrir to propose, present both from Latin offerre to present, offer ob- to ob– ferre to bring bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
off +"Ž -er

From Wiktionary